Rachid was born the 29 January 1955 in Batna with his twin brother. Being very small and physically weak, his family believed that he would not survive because of it.[1] He began attending primary school in 1962.[1] Rachid started to learn to paint in his youth without going to the Schools of Fine Arts.[2]
Mouffouk's first sculpture was that of Diana, the goddess of hunting in Roman mythology, on a piece of wood that sculptor Mohamed Houfani gave to him.[2] Before the Algerian Civil War the artist took a break of 20 years.[2] He worked as a welder for an American company based in Algeria, where he exhibited his work at the construction site.[3] The company director offered him a chance to expose his sculpture at the site.[3]
In November 2006, Amokrane Hocine released the novel Le fou et le muet; the photo of the cover was provided by Rachid Mouffouk, featuring his two sculptures "Le fou" and "écologie".[4] In 2010 Rashid lost the use of his three fingers of the right hand, which he uses for his creations.[5] in an accident that occurred in his workshop[6][5] Two months after the accident, Rachid created a metal sculpture entitled Mes trois doigts (My three fingers).[2]
